March – the only month that is also a verb – implies action. This year it overachieves, with snappy animation

The branch of astrophysics called cosmology – which is not about hairdressing and permanent waves, but the study of the

I’m actually in Alaska right now, running an Aurora Borealis tour for the Old Farmer’s Almanac. We have 86 guests,

We are still in our annual cloudy season. Only one night in three is clear around here this month. Still,

Physicists increasingly doubt that time has any independent existence. Let’s look at this afresh. We could start with a paradox

We usually undervalue the commonplace. Clouds are less appreciated than rainbows, while rainbows are deservedly less exalted than the super-vivid

Last week’s huge X-class solar flare did not give us auroras – because we never had a chance. Thursday night